Exceptional leaders often excel as skilled storytellers, and for good reason. Once a company hits a certain level of organizational complexity, one of the most important tasks the CEO has is to craft intellectually coherent and captivating narratives about the firm, its purpose, and its performance. Failure in this task means undermining the very existence of the company; a sin…
Eight senators have proposed a bill that would make it easier for money to flow from the federal grant program for charter schools. The federal Charter Schools Program (CSP) was founded in 1994; since then the program has dispensed an estimated $4 billion taxpayer dollars to support expansion and development…
MBA hopefuls with January deadlines: if you’ve been putting off writing your MBA applications until you get an optimal score on the GMAT or GRE, it’s time to balance your priorities. The Executive Assessment (EA) and test-optional programs offer possible solutions get you past test-taking and on to completing your…
Elizabeth Zott is a chemist masquerading as a 1960s cooking show host in Bonnie Garmus’ book Lessons in Chemistry. Her own career aspirations cut short by overt sexism and abuse, she uses cooking to teach chemistry and inspire women to break free from the work world’s impossible constraints. The plot…
Kendall Clark is on his second career. Up until the age of 27 he was an academic having gone to school for years to attain his PhD in philosophy. And while he enjoyed the life of an academic philosopher, it didn’t pay the bills. He thought programming was a good…
This is the published version of Forbes' CMO newsletter, which offers the latest news for chief marketing officers and other messaging-focused leaders. Click here to get it delivered to your inbox every Wednesday. Marketing is vital to every business, but as Forbes’ Seth Matlins said in his remarks at the…
“AI is here, and it’s already providing some amazing benefits for the workforce — from automating tedious tasks to answering common questions to helping crunch millions of data points in mere seconds. However, 54% of people say they have ‘no idea’ how their company is using AI, and that lack…
Ever wondered why, at the end of your work day, you feel like you've accomplished nothing, even though you performed so many tasks in one day? It's a common reality that many professionals experience, and it most likely is due to you not multitasking effectively. Multitasking is a skill that,…
All our lives, most of us have been told that the secret to a successful career is to get good grades, be well liked, and graduate with honors. It was drilled into our minds that the key to success was graduating with a high GPA and you’d be guaranteed a…
Almost no one expected Mike Johnson to become Speaker of the House at this point – including Johnson himself. Indeed, he was the Republican’s fourth choice to replace Kevin McCarthy, following Steve Scalise, Jim Jordan and Tom Emmer. His nomination and election happened so fast that his wife, Kelly, couldn’t…
One of the prevailing issues in climate change is that the locus of innovation – by locus I mean “money” – is in the global north, while the biggest impacts and urgency, and by extension, the best entrepreneurs, are in the global south. Innovations take root and have an impact…
In a declining economy, startups face an uphill battle when it comes to securing funding.…
With all of the recent news about artificial intelligence (AI), it got me thinking about…
A while back, I took a couple of my grandchildren on a tour of the…
Startups face numerous challenges on their journey to success, and failing to overcome any one…
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